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Tastes like dark chocolate, dried fruit and earthy — the good kind of loud.
- Origin
- Aceh, Takengon, Indonesia
- Roast
- Dark
- Process
- Giling Basha (Also known as Wet-Hulling)
- Style
- Single Origin
A little coffee know-how
Wet-hulled: In Indonesia the parchment is stripped off while the seed is still wet, then the bare seed is dried. Cups made this way often taste earthy and heavy rather than bright.
$21.99 · 0.75 lb package
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03 — Light, medium or dark?
MEDIUM
ROAST
Balanced and sweet. Caramel, honey, milk chocolate.
Like a caramel latte — no syrup needed.
- Caramel
- Honey
- Milk chocolate
- Almond
The crowd-pleaser. Start here if you're new — it's hard not to love.
Try: Altos de los Santos Honey — cacao, caramel
- Drop temp (typical)
- ~215°C / 420°F
- Roast time (typical)
- 11–12 min
- Bean surface
- Satin, dry
- Best for
- Drip, espresso, French press
Myth: dark roast has more caffeine. Truth: it's about the same — dark just tastes stronger.
04 — Brew it at home
PICK HOW
YOU BREW
Easiest
Add ground coffee to the filter, water to the tank, press start. Great for mornings.
- Ratio
- 1 : 16
- Grind
- Medium (like sand)
- Time
- 4–6 min
- Water
- 92–96 °C
- Recipe
- 20 g coffee · 320 g water
In the cup: Clean, balanced, easy to love
Nerd note: Flat-bottom baskets can give a more even coffee bed than cones. Machines certified by the SCA hit 92–96 °C — many cheap brewers never get that hot, which is why drip can taste flat.
Quick fix: Weak? Use more coffee, not a longer brew. Stale or harsh? Clean the machine — old coffee oils go rancid fast.
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ARDITO
COFFEE
Hightower member · Dearborn, Michigan
Nurse by day, roaster by obsession
Shadi Shami is a registered nurse. His wife — also a nurse — got him into espresso, and stale store coffee pushed him to roast his own. Friends started asking for bags. That became Ardito.
- Day job
- Registered nurse
- Started on
- Entry-level roaster
- Roasts in
- Dearborn, MI
Fun fact: Ardito was built on demand from friends and family before it was ever a business.
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